Linkage, Volume 192

26 Acts
Ann Curry is calling on people all over the world to do 26 random acts of kindness for each of the people killed in Sandy Hook Elementary School
#26Acts on Twitter, or facebook.com/26acts
via NiceGirlNotes on Facebook

3-D Printing
Staples Announces In-Store 3-D Printing Service
via swissmiss

Blind Color
Tommy Edison, blind since birth, tells how people have tried to explain to him the concept of color
via Miss Cellania

Great Tasting Paste
13 Hilarious Online Reviews Of Extremely Mundane Objects
via BuzzFeed

Pixyisms VI

Dino: Do I have to eat my mac and cheese?
Tim: Yes, I want you to eat at least 5 bites.
Dino: 5 bites?
Tim: Yes, 5 bites.
Dino: No! 12 bites!
Tim: Okay...

Pixy: Some people call... in Spanish some people call Red "Rojo"

Dino: Daddy, I do *not* have an attitude - I'm just tired.

Dino: Eenie Meenie Miney Moe, Hizza Holler Tiny Toe...

Pixyisms V

Gummy Bear: Hey! I *need* you!
Shortcake: [Runs over] What do you need?
GB: I need you to come play with me!

Candy: "Jesus is the reason for the season." That rhymes!
Shortcake: 'Jesus' and 'season' don't rhyme...

GB: I want my mommy...
Candy: Your mommy is right beside you!
GB: I will *always* want my mommy!
GB's Mommy: I'll remind you of that when you're 15...

Dino: Daddy, guess who I love most of all?
Tim: Who?
Dino: God. Second is Jesus.
Tim: Awww, that's nice. Who's third?
Dino: Santa Claus.

Dino: There are two ways to make light pink. You could put white first then pink, or you could put pink first then white.

[Pixy showed me all the candy she got at the Christmas parade]
Nana: And I already took out all the hard candy!
Pixy: [picks up chocolate candy] No you didn't... This is hard! It's not squeezy!

Linkage, Volume 191

Christmas Cards
mostly awkward, but number 13 is actually pretty cute...
via Pleated-Jeans

Modern Advent
14 Modern DIY Advent Calendars
via not martha

Read, Wear, Play, Share
simplifying Christmas gifts for children
method learned from her mom, at Homemaking 911
via Youthful Homemaker

12 Days (video link)
by men's a capella group Straight No Chaser

Linkage, Volume 190

Unicorn Lair (video link)
Unicorn Lair (article)
North Korea claims that they have found an ancient unicorn lair
via The Presurfer

Steampunk Revolution (video link)
beautiful steampunk art and fashion in this music video by Abney Park
Honeybee  (video link)
though this one by Steam Powered Giraffe is still my favorite steampunk music
via EPBOT

Wall Spider (video link)
brass knuckles are a bit overkill... Mooommm!!!
via Buzzfeed

The Voca People (video link)
I don't even know where to begin describing this Israel-based a capella group

Christmas Meme 2

Way back in 2008, I posted a Christmas Meme from Debbie at Finding Normal.
Today I dug out a "Getting to Know Your Friends" email from 2006 and updated it a bit.
Change my answers to your answers, and re-post on your blog or post in the comments!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot chocolate with marshmallows *and* whipped cream (no cinnamon!).

2. Does Santa wrap your presents or leave them under the tree?
Santa's presents are never wrapped - they're always in front of all the other presents

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
It all depends upon the theme of the tree - white is more elegant, and colored is more fun

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No way

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Ummm, well, I have a snowman pillow on the couch... does that count?
I always help put up Mom's Christmas tree on the day after Thanksgiving, but I don't do much decorating at my own house!

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Mom's "breakfast before" casserole.

7. Favorite Christmas memory as a child?
Planting laughing heyena toys in Mom's Snow Village ;-)

8. When and how did you find the truth out about Santa?
I always knew that a "Santa" is anyone who gives a gift in secret. So although I always remember knowing the truth, I didn't want to admit it for fear of not getting any presents "from Santa"!

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Mom gives us new jammies on Christmas Eve.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
Ummm, well, see #5 ;-)
But seriously, I like having several small trees with different ornament themes throughout the house.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Love it! (it's beautiful and fun to play in), but also Dread it! (because of the other drivers on the road). If it's going to be freezing cold, then it ought to snow because that makes it worth the cold. I love when it just sticks to the grass and is pretty, or when it snows so much it shuts everything down! I don't like when it snows just enough to ice the roads and be dangerous.

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes, but not well - hurts my ankles, but it's fun with friends.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
I get a new favorite gift each year!

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
The most important thing is the whole family just spending time *together*.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
All those little cookies that Grandma makes - puttin' on the Ritz, wedding cookies with lots of powdered sugar, jam thumbprints, lemon squares, etc...

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
I like the whole day - Christmas Eve dinner and presents; Santa presents, more family presents, and breakfast; then Grandma's house, where there is yet more food and presents. But most of all is family time together.

17. What tops your tree?
Ummm, well, see #10 ;-)
I like something small at the top that goes with the tree's theme. I like a star better than an angel.

18. Which do you prefer - Giving or Receiving?
Giving is always more fun!

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Any Christmas carol sung by an acapella choir

20. What is your favorite candy?
Marshmallow Fudge - plain and smooth, no chunks or nuts!

Linkage, Volume 189

An Unexpected Briefing (video)
Air New Zealand introduced a Hobbit-inspired safety video
[aside: only 2 more weeks until I go to the midnight showing of The Hobbit, thus fulfilling one of the items on my Bucket List!!!]
via Miss Cellania

Reply to All
NYU students discovered they could Reply to All 40,000 other students
via Miss Cellania

WTF is sugru? (video link)
sugru is the new self-setting rubber for fixing, modifying and improving your stuff
via swissmiss

Wil Wheaton Is Awesome
your argument is invalid
via Miss Cellania